Mattress protector



April 17, 1956 A. B. RUDlslLL 2,741,781

MATTRESS PROTECTOR Filed July 16, 1953 .FJ'ELEL INVENTOR.

United States Patent C MATTRESS PROTECTOR Annie Bryte Rudisill,Gastonia, N. C.

Application July 16, 1953, Serial No. 368,415

3 Claims. (Cl. 5-354) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in mattress protectors and bed pads.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of animproved mattress protector and mattress supplement which can be used ona hospital bed or any other bed in which a bed-ridden patient mustremain for any length of time to protect the mattress and make the bedmore comfortable for the patient.

Another object of the present invention proposes forming the mattressprotector with a foam rubber pad partially covered by a rubber sheetwith means on the rubber sheet to hold it in place and rubber strapsremovably fastened to the sheet to hold a bed sheet over the rubber pad.

Still further, the present invention proposes constructing the mattressprotector with the foam rubber pad placed in the rubber sheet and therubber sheet folded with one-inch margins over the top or upper surfaceof the pad, and with snap fasteners at each corner of the sheet to holdthe pad in place.

As a further object, the present invention proposes a mattress protectorand supplement which not only will protect a mattress but will absorbmoisture quickly, will add comfort to the bed, will be soothing totender skin and will aid allergy suffers by holding in dust and lint.

The present invention further proposes a novel mattress protector whichwill hold a draw sheet firmly thereover and which can be turned over sothat either side of the mattress protector can be used for the comfortof the patient.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bed and mattress with a mattressprotector and supplement constructed and arranged in accordance with thepresent invention thereon.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the mattress protector shown in Fig. l withparts broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the mattress protector andsupplement has a resilient pad preferably made of foam rubber. Aconvenient size for the pad is to have it one square yard and one inchthick. The foam rubber pad 15 may be provided with spaced recesses 16spaced on the pad as tufts are placed on a mattress. The pad 15 has foursides 17, 1S, 19 and 20, a bottom 21 and an upper or top surface 22.

2,741,781 Reteetednrf 11,1%555- .2 repellent shsstz it. adapted t0,@over the eral., QI-

bgftsm there@ 15 and. its. sides, @1119 P finas of its. pperfsurfese"Agcgaysnieaf 23 is a forty by forty inch square so that the'shee/tmages a one-inch overlap or fold over the top edge of the pad 15. Sheet23 may be, and preferably is, an ordinary rubber sheet having an innerside 24 and an outer side 25.

At the corners of sheet 23 are snap fasteners 26 each having a snapfastener element 28 (see Fig. 4) and a coacting snap fastener element28. The elements 27 are disposed on the outer side 25 of the sheet 23and the elements 28 extend through the inner side 24 of the sheet 23 tosnap onto the elements 27. In this manner, fastener means are providedremovably to hold the water repellent sheet 23 on the pad 15 withsubstantially the entire upper surface 22 of the pad uncovered by thesheet 23.

The pad 15 so covered by the resilient sheet 23 is adapted atly to lieon mattress 29 of bed 30. A draw sheet 31, which is an ordinary bedsheet, extends over the pad 15, the ends of the draw sheet 31 beingfolded over the ends of the mattress 29 and tucked under the mattress 29between the mattress and the bed springs 32.

Spaced water repellent straps 33 and 34 in the form of rubber sheetbands of double ply and stitched, hold the bed sheet 31 in place on topof the pad 15. Snap fastener elements 35 are provided on each end ofeach strap 33 and 34 and coacting snap fastener elements 36 are securedto the rubber sheet 23 on the outer side of the sheet and so placed asto be disposed at opposed sides of the pad 15 when the sheet 23 issecured around the pad as above described.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A mattress protector and supplement comprising a foam rubberrectangular pad of appreciable thickness having recesses in its uppersurface, a water repellent sheet covering the bottom surface, the sidesand the marginal edges of the upper surface of the pad, means at thecorners of the sheet for holding the sheet on the pad, a draw sheetcovering the top surface of said pad, spaced straps extending across thedraw sheet, and means on the straps and water repellent sheet forholding the draw sheet on the pad.

2. A mattress protector and supplement comprising a foam rubberrectangular pad of appreciable thickness having recesses in its uppersurface, a water repellent sheet covering the bottom surface, the sidesand the marginal edges of the upper surface of the pad, snap fastenerelements on the corners of the sheet for holding said sheet on the pad,a draw sheet covering the top surface of said pad, spaced strapsextending across the drawing sheet, and snap fastener elements on theends of the straps and on the water repellent sheet for holding the drawsheet on the pad.

3. In combination with bed springs and a mattress thereon, a foam rubberpad supported on the upper surface of said mattress, said pad havingspaced recesses in its upper surface, a water repellent sheet coveringthe bottom surface, the sides'and part of the marginal edges of theupper surface of the pad snap fastener elements on the corners of saidsheet, a draw sheet covering said pad, the ends of the draw sheet beingtucked under the pad between the ends of the mattress and bed springs,spaced straps extending across the draw sheet, snap fastener elements onthe ends of said straps, and snap fastener elements on the adjacentmarginal edges of the water repellent sheet coacting with the fastenerelements 1:)

UNITED STATES PATENTS l Brooks June 14, 1887 Chapman Jan. 28, 1947 Blocket al July 25, 1950 Schworm Sept,16, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS France Jan.22, 1927

